Keystroke Logging

October 27, 2005 1:19 PM

Big Brother logging your keystrokes? When Hal Turner opened up his new laptop to replace a broken PCMCIA slot riser on the motherboard, he found a surprise. Inside was hardware wired to his ethernet board that recorded every keystroke he made. Read the chilling story of how your computer manufacturers appear to be cooperating with the Department of Homeland Security to make you subject to immediate, unrestricted government recording of everything you do on your computer.
posted by Edward King (33 comments total)

HOLY SHIT THE LINKS DOWN THE GOVERNMENT GOT TO HIM THEY'LL TAKE OUT METAFILTER NEXT!!!1!11!!!!!!11
posted by mr_roboto at 1:22 PM on October 27, 2005

Snopes.
posted by Foosnark at 1:22 PM on October 27, 2005

This would be the Hal Turner known for his "virulent racism and anti-Semitism"?
posted by russilwvong at 1:23 PM on October 27, 2005

MY GOD THEY GOT TO SNOPES TOO!
posted by quonsar at 1:23 PM on October 27, 2005 [1 favorite]

prepare tin-foil hats now.
posted by camworld at 1:26 PM on October 27, 2005

Nice of him to add the little white blocks over the blurred out text seen in other versions of the DHS letter.
posted by Remy at 1:27 PM on October 27, 2005

Debunked at engadget, too.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 1:27 PM on October 27, 2005

I voluntarily send all my keystrokes to the ZOG so I'm cool with this, but I did find out how I can get web-hosting that is finally Jew free and 100% white, so that was a plus.

Thanks Edward King
posted by Divine_Wino at 1:28 PM on October 27, 2005

Of course it's debunked, that's just what they want you to think.
posted by Mr T at 1:30 PM on October 27, 2005

God, you're a fucking moron.
posted by keswick at 1:31 PM on October 27, 2005

God, you're a fucking moron.

I dunno, God doesn't have to log your keystrokes to find out what you've been up to, he just LOOKS INTO YOUR SOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUL. I don't think a fucking moron would be able to do that.
posted by spicynuts at 1:35 PM on October 27, 2005

That only works if you have a soul. I sold mine to Milhouse for some pogs.
posted by keswick at 1:36 PM on October 27, 2005

Can I post this one link about a guy who totally had spiders lay eggs in his face?!?!
posted by jenovus at 1:37 PM on October 27, 2005

Oooh, I got one about how if you take a can of coke and add a quart of sperm Rod Stewart will totally drink it and his head will explode, let's team up.
posted by Divine_Wino at 1:38 PM on October 27, 2005

You shouldn't use the computers anyways.

They are TOOLS OF THE DEVIL!

Or, for an interesting moment of clarity...
posted by Ogre Lawless at 1:39 PM on October 27, 2005

What is the term used now? "Proof of Concept".

What might be interesting is how close to the truth this could be if DHS wanted to implement such an eavesdropping technique.

The external "ghost loggers" look like they are fairly easy to circumvent. No?

Log in, unplug, hack to your hearts content, plug back in, log off.
posted by tzelig at 1:41 PM on October 27, 2005

Didn't even bother to hit the link. Just said to myself "That doesn't sound right" and went straight to the comments page. Thanks for saving me up to three minutes of debunking time!

Which I just used writing this. Hrm.
posted by L. Fitzgerald Sjoberg at 1:41 PM on October 27, 2005

NOW THE WHOLE SITE IS GONE!!!!!!
posted by Armitage Shanks at 1:43 PM on October 27, 2005

No need for a pile on!
posted by fire&wings at 1:44 PM on October 27, 2005

MY GOD THEY GOT TO SNOPES TOO!

Ahhhhhahahahaha.
posted by spiderwire at 1:45 PM on October 27, 2005

Yeah...why in the world would anything on the MetaFilter front page link to Hal Turner's site as a reliable source of information? Before, I was just like, "Wow, this is stupid." But looking at it, I think it needs a flag. Unless it was ironic. What say you, Edward King?
posted by ford and the prefects at 1:46 PM on October 27, 2005

No need for a pile on!

Please. There is every need for a pile on.
posted by spicynuts at 1:49 PM on October 27, 2005

No need for a pile on!

No, sorry, total need for a pile on.


And yeah, q's back.
posted by Divine_Wino at 1:49 PM on October 27, 2005

Not only is this bogus, it's like 4 months old. Jeez.
posted by matildaben at 1:53 PM on October 27, 2005

I voluntarily send all my keystrokes to the ZOG so I'm cool with this

Hilarious!
posted by loquax at 1:53 PM on October 27, 2005

Edward King, your first post was great.
posted by LarryC at 1:54 PM on October 27, 2005

I sold mine to Milhouse for some pogs.

If the Ayatollah can't have it, no one will!
posted by chunking express at 1:54 PM on October 27, 2005

Front Page POST??
More like Front Page POOP!
posted by Floydd at 1:54 PM on October 27, 2005

Is it wrong that I'd be willing to sell my freedom in exchange for government maintained offsite backups like this?
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 1:56 PM on October 27, 2005

MY GOD THEY GOT TO SNOPES TOO! - quonsar

Hee!
posted by dejah420 at 1:59 PM on October 27, 2005

It's all good to me either way. I use VIM. My keystrokes: jjjllwwwxdd.....10ddcwstupiddumbassfpp [esc] kkjjj:w [enter] :o HotSexyStories.txt [enter] jjjjjj:q! [enter]

See if they can decode that!
posted by ervan at 1:59 PM on October 27, 2005

FWIW. and I'm just spitballin' here but I suspect Edward King just didn't turn his eyes 11 millimeters to the left and see the big ole Nazi webhost tower ad just chilling right there, perhaps he's wearing welders googles or a cervical collar, but he's gonna have to take a teasin'.

If I'm wrong, well, sieg heil good buddy, don't let these mud people get you down.
posted by Divine_Wino at 2:01 PM on October 27, 2005

I took my licks and learnt my lesson. You guys are great to keep us all honest. Keep it up, MetaFilter community.
posted by Edward King at 2:10 PM on October 27, 2005